INDEX 



Acids, action of, 37 

 Alkalies, action of, 36 



effect of, on excystation, 60 et 

 seq. 



Amoeba, general description of, 15 



life-history of, 32 



relation of bacteria to, 16 



type of, employed, 17 



variation in size of, 29 

 Amoeba ostrea, 18 



a parasite of, 102 et seq. 



characters of, 27, 28 



cultivation of, 18 et seq. 



ingestion of food by, 30 



life-history of, 33 et seq. 



long, slender form of, 38, 39 



movements of, 29 



pure cultures of, 71 et seq, 



mixed cultures of, 77 et 



seq. 



quiescent type of, 51 



radiosa, types of, 42 



Amffibulae, 35, 37, 39 

 Asparagin (auxetic), 37 

 Auxetics, 7, 8, 34, 37 et seq., 55, 



74,76 



Bacterial products, effect of, on 

 amosbae, 47, 52, 54, 57, 59, 62, 

 66 et seq., 71 etc. 



B. brunneum, 83, 91 



B. flaw coriaceus, 83 



B. fluorescens liquefaciens, 67, 69, 

 72, etc. 



non-liquefaciens, 84 



B. proteus vulgaris, 86 

 B. subtilis, 91 

 Bacteriological analysis, 95 



seq. 



Binary fission, 33, 34 

 Bodo, 81, 104 

 Brownian movement, 31 

 Budding, 34 



Cadaverine (kinetic and augmen- 

 tor), 53, 54 



Cancerous tumours, 55 



Centriole (uucleolus or centro- 

 some), 27 



" Chloroformed solution " of bac- 

 terial products, 67, 75, etc. 



Choline hydrochloride (kinetic and 

 augmentor), effect of, on excys- 

 tation, 63 



effect of, on reproduction, 



41, 69, 72, 73 



Chronic irritation, 54, 55 



Coefficient of diffusion, 25 



Conjugation of amoebae, 35 



Contractile vacuole, 28, 31 



Corpuscles chromatoides, 26, 31 



Creatine (auxetic), 40, 69 



Cysts, 17, etc. 



action of drying on, 60, 84, 91 



age of, 59 



conjugation, 35, 49 



dauer, 47 et seq. 



isolation of a single, 78, 79^ 87, 

 88,89 



new method of staining, 26 



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